Officers testify about kids bound at Lawrence Walmart

Associated Press

3:52 PM, Aug 10, 2012

3:54 PM, Aug 10, 2012

Adolfo Gomez Jr . and Deborah Gomez had their first appearance in front of a Douglas County judge through video on Thursday. They both face two counts of child abuse and five counts of child endangerment.

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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - A Lawrence officer says a 7-year-old girl found bound at a Walmart told him she was hitting her siblings and asked to be tied up.

Officer James Miller testified Friday about his conversation with the girl during a preliminary hearing for the girl's parents, Adolfo and Deborah Gomez. The suburban Chicago couple was arrested in June after the 7-year-old and her bound 5-year-old brother were found outside the family's vehicle. Three older children weren't restrained.